Overall intra-observer consistency for Observer 1 was rated at 92% and 94%, while consistency for Observer 2 was 95% and 96% between the two evaluations and measurements, respectively.
The educational message and site management actions both contributed to the decline in off-trail travel and the two evaluation methods enhanced our ability to describe the efficacy of the different treatments in reducing off-trail travel.
All sections were histomorphometrically analyzed by two separate pathologists independently, and the results from the two evaluations were averaged.
The repeatability of Chinese version of LCQ was analyzed by calculating intraclass correlation coefficients of LCQ total and domain scores between the two evaluations.
An independent panel combines the results of the two evaluations and delivers a comprehensive evaluation report to the kindergarten.
There were no practical training sessions available between the two evaluations and no specific information on the tested AED devices was given.
Apart from the studies by Wang et al. [19] and Kienbacher et al. [28], most studies involved two evaluations, at the beginning and end of the follow-up period, and the shortest time period between the two evaluations was 3 years [13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26].
Changing the time between the two evaluations (before and after treatment) had no impact on the changes in the GOHAI score.
The two evaluations, 2010 and 2013, show a statistically significant difference of means, demonstrating the best performance of public schools over private schools.
Missing item values were few, ranging 0.0 – 1.9% for the main questionnaire and 0.8% for the two evaluation score-sheet items.
